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5. Japanese firms eye robots, new manufacturing methods to cope with labor void

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 09:33 PM

Jul 2014

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/business/AJ201407020066

At a recent trade fair in Tokyo, a robot was was busy rolling rice into cylinders for sushi while fair-goers gathered around to sample the automation's "handiwork."

Manufactured by Suzumo Machinery Co. in Tokyo, the robot can produce 4,300 rolls per hour and retails for about 1.35 million yen ($13,250), excluding tax.

An employee of a supermarket operator in Kanagawa Prefecture watching the robot in action said the machine would be a big help at the store, where wages were raised 50 yen an hour the month before to attract additional much-needed part-time workers.

The robot is a sign of a recent move spreading across the nation in the construction, retailing and restaurant industries to fill the labor void with the introduction of robots and other automated equipment...

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